Derek Worlock
Derek John Harford Worlock (born February 4, 1920 in London , † February 6, 1996 in Liverpool ) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . His highest position was as Archbishop of Liverpool . He is the holder of the Order of the Companions of Honor .
Life
Derek Worlock was born in London in 1920. He was the son of the journalist Captain Harford Worlock and his wife Dora (nee Hoblyn), a suffragette (or as she called herself, a "suffragist"). His father, who went from journalist to political representative of the Conservatives, attended Keble College in Oxford and had planned to become a priest of the Church of England ; many of his ancestors were Anglican clergy. Harford and Dora Worlock, however, converted to the Roman Catholic Church and raised their son in this belief.
Derek Worlock was a student at St. Edmund's College from 1934 to 1944. At that time, the family residence was in Winchester . As a young boy, he had been reprimanded for “having an answer to everything,” a trait that remained with him. He was ordained a priest at Westminster Cathedral on June 3, 1944 , as candidates for priests were exempted from military service so that they could serve as chaplains as quickly as possible. In theory he belonged to the Diocese of Portsmouth , but its Bishop William Timothy Cotter expected his future priests to have an Irish background. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed private secretary to Cardinal Griffin and assisted subsequent Archbishops of Westminster for almost another 20 years. He attended every Mass of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
Worlock was made Bishop of Portsmouth on October 18, 1965 and consecrated by John Carmel Heenan on December 21, 1965 in the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Portsmouth . His motto was: Caritas Christi eluceat . During his time in Portsmouth he began to renew the parishes and took on the task of building interdenominational relationships. In addition, he built over thirty new churches in his diocese.
In 1976 he was appointed Archbishop of Liverpool. In 1979 he was one of the panelists of the first edition of the BBC's Question Time program . The following year he convened the national pastoral congress in Liverpool, which gave rise to the report The Easter Peopl e. Important events in his cathedral include the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1982 and the establishment of the Council of Churches of Britain and Ireland in 1990. Worlock participated in the arbitration after the Toxteth riots in 1981 and also in the aftermath of the football stadium -Tragedies 1985 in Heysel and 1989 in Hillsborough .
Worlock, along with his fellow believers, leaders of Christian churches, was committed to evangelization , as demonstrated in the books Better Together and With Hope in our Hearts . He produced this together with his counterpart in Liverpool, Bishop David Sheppard . Sheppard's daughter Jenny converted from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic Church. In July 1992, Worlock underwent major lung surgery for lung cancer but lived long enough to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination two years later. His tomb is in the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral .
legacy
In January 1994, he and David Sheppard were awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool. He was named Companion of Honor to the 1996 New Year Honors, but died of cancer two days after his 76th birthday - just a week before he should have received the honor.
On May 11, 2008, during the Christian Walk of Witness , the Sheppard Worlock statue was unveiled in the form of two bronze doors in honor of Worlock and David Sheppard. The memorial was designed by the famous sculptor Stephen Broadbent and was funded by public donations. The memorial stands halfway down Liverpool's famous Hope Street , which connects the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| George Andrew Beck |
Archbishop of Liverpool 1976–1996 |
Patrick Kelly |
| John Henry King |
Bishop of Portsmouth 1965–1976 |
Anthony Joseph Emery |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Worlock, Derek |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Worlock, Derek John Harford (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English clergyman, bishop of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1996 |
| Place of death | Liverpool |